Victorian Liberal Party
The Victorian Liberal Party, officially known as the Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) and branded as Liberal Victoria, is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Victoria. It was formed in 1944. It became the Liberal and Country Party (LCP) in 1949, and simplified its name to the Liberal Party in 1965.
Victorian Liberal Party Liberal Party of Victoria | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | LCP (1949–1965) |
| Leader | John Pesutto |
| Deputy Leader | David Southwick |
| President | Philip Davis |
| Founded | 27 March 1945 |
| Preceded by | Victorian United Australia Party |
| Headquarters | 257 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Student wing | Australian Liberal Students' Federation |
| Youth wing | Young Liberals |
| Women's wing | Liberal Women's Council |
| LGBT wing | Liberal Pride |
| Membership (2020) | 12,000 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
| National affiliation | Federal Liberal |
| Legislative Assembly | 19 / 88 |
| Legislative Council | 10 / 40 |
| House of Representatives | 6 / 39 (Victorian seats) |
| Senate | 3 / 12 (Victorian seats) |
| Website | |
| vic | |
| Seats in local government | |
|---|---|
| Ballarat | 3 / 9 |
| Boroondara | 4 / 11 |
| Brimbank | 2 / 11 |
| Frankston | 1 / 9 |
| Greater Bendigo | 1 / 9 |
| Greater Dandenong | 2 / 11 |
| Hobsons Bay | 1 / 7 |
| Kingston | 2 / 11 |
| Knox | 1 / 10 |
| Latrobe | 1 / 9 |
| Manningham | 2 / 9 |
| Maroondah | 4 / 9 |
| Monash | 1 / 11 |
| Moyne | 2 / 7 |
| Mornington Peninsula | 2 / 11 |
| Nillumbik | 4 / 7 |
| Port Phillip | 2 / 9 |
| Queenscliffe | 1 / 5 |
| Stonnington | 2 / 9 |
| Whitehorse | 6 / 11 |
| Wyndham | 1 / 11 |
There was a previous Victorian division of the Liberal Party when the Liberal Party was formed in 1945, but it ceased to exist and merged to form the LCP in March 1949.
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